Amanda Righetti

Thursday, April 29, 2004

Red alert! Red alert!


Recently, I'm thinking of kickstarting the whole Agents of Smith side project thing again. Gotta get a new sound card 1st man.

Billyboy suggested Creative Audigy. I can't remember what Clifton recommended.

Any more advice? Even better, who's free this Saturday to go Sim Lim with me?

Whaddaya know?


My review of the Zircon Gov. Pawn Starz' gig at Zouk was featured on their blog, run by the guitarist/programmer/whatever (BSBH: Bao Shua Bao Hai, Hokkien for "doing everything"), Yeow.

Chekkit.

There are shitloads of other reviews there as well.

This is like the rest of the blog here.

Sin City


From CHUD:

I probably think that only Billyboy gives a shit about this comic book adaptation among all my friends. Well, for all it's worth, Mickey Rourke is the big bouncer giant, Marv while Bruce Willis gets to play Dwayne. Dwayne basically is a character who was shot cuz he was framed/set up/whatever (it's been eons since I last read the series). He went through surgery to look different, got himself a headful of hair, etc. in the process of revenge. Hey, sounds like a job for our man, Bruce Willis.

Now, the lovely Jessica Alba might be joining the cast as Nancy, an exotic dancer. If you had read Frank Miller's 'Sin City', you would know this is perfect casting as well, given that Alba has the exact lips which Miller drew in his series. The series, being one aimed for mature readers, featured quite a lot of nudity, especially on the part of the exotic dancers. Something which I believe I can say for most of the male readers of this blog which we hope comes from the part of the extremely delectable Miss Jessica Alba.


Sweeetttt....

Alien vs. Predator...


This sucks... so bad, just purely on the premises that it doesn't take place in outer space or a futuristic world...

Boring...

Tuesday, April 27, 2004

BarNone Monday Sessions


Just came back from the 3rd instalment of the series. I dun think I'd be going for the 4th. I'd seen Cinanmon play last Saturday. Not my cup of tea for alternative rock. And I'm not too keen on Typewriter and Objection Overrule either.

Anyway, Throb pulled out apparently. Quite surprising, considering that I saw the whole band jamming at WeeLee's just on Sunday. Only hit me that they were actually playinig tonight last morning. Or in this case, supposed to. By the way, yeah, Ed The Tech Guy and Melvin, I walked up and down the aisle a few times to check out their keyboardist, Amanda (picture below). Really, you guys act like schoolboys when you talk about her. Her hair looked extremely lovely though, I must admit.


Pic courtesy of Ed

Well, Soul Satisfaction took over the slot and played a set of old school funk and soul numbers. Great stuff. Dharma from Throb did a few numbers with them. Their singer, Sherman was the guy who sold me my Epiphone ES-335 and was still quite dodgy about it. But anyway, it's in the past.

Stoned Revivals played a pretty relaxed set with Syed on Fender Rhodes and laptop. Esam put in his usual soulful standard. The set was pretty down tempo until some percussion emsemble came up and play some Latin percussion piece. Highly energetic stuff but Chung who was there bitched that they were not that good. Well, the last piece they did was kinda messy and quite a few of them were outta time. But it's all cool cuz I'm always outta time anyway when I play.

Chung left during the set. So did Esther. Been bumping into her for the last past week. It's becoming a habit. Haha... Zijia whom I had not seen for ages was there for a short while. Was great to see her again. Shit, some folks don't age a single day since you know them. In fact, they look even younger. Of course, she was trying to act cute by putting up the V signs as much as possible.

Me: "So what are you doing now?"

Zijia: "Working now... after bumming for so long" (V sign)

Me: "That's great. At where?"

Zijia: "Exxon Mobil... " (V sign)

Me: "That's great man! How long have you been there?"

Zijia: "Around 2 months." (V sign) "It's great there." (V sign)

Me: "What the hell are you trying to do with the bloody V sign and all? Acting cute and all that shit?!!?"

Zijia: "But it's kawaii (Japanese for cute) whattt...."

Me: "Kawaii my ass!!!"

Zijia: "I'm more kawaii than your ass..." (V sign again....)

God...

Phorous came up last and played a set of tunes truly inspired by dance and funk music (as suggested by the theme of the night). Once again, I felt that the singer they got still doesn't really suit what they play. He made them sound too R'n'B unless that's what they wanna sound. The addition of the drummer was pretty cool at point though Clifton pointed out that it would be very hard to control the volumes of both live and programmed percussions. Well, he was right. While the beats were pumping, the drummer was filling in with the hi-hats. However, the hi-hats were drowned out. Still, it was still a good set.

Khai and I agreed that though it was interesting, last week's hip hop gig was still better and more fun in fact.

Sunday, April 25, 2004

Tampon art


Dedicated to my female friends who use them...

I think it's almost all of them. Anyway, chekkit...

I cry at weddings... part 2


Had to be the usher at City Hall MRT Station to tell people that there was free coaches to Rasa Sentosa where the wedding was held. That was boring.

Anyway, before the dinner commenced, a flash presentation of how the couple, Yeeyong and Fiona met was shown. It was done by the groom and had quite a huge number of their photos taken together during their courtship and even before. I think it was meant to be a tribute to the bride. Needless to say, it was very heart-warming, especially when you know the 2 of them for years. I think Weiyuan was tearing after the whole video.

We stood for the couple who did the whole red carpet thing. My table comprised of membersss like Billy, Jason Siau, Weiyuan, Andy, Bernard, Alvin, Ben Seow and Tuck Wai. Needless to say, we were the rowdiest table. The 2nd in placing would be AB's table with Paul Lee, Vijay, Gary, Wee Kiat and Mun Kit. Those bastards actually came over to our table to steal our beer!

It was much the benchmark for me in terms of good wedding dinners. I saw AB queuing up for beer at the tap like it was Happy Hour. We took turns to collect the beer at the tap, instead of asking the waiters. It'd be far too slow then. I think we had around 10 jugs of beer and counting by the end of the night. As usual, Paul Lee was up to his old tricks, trying to pick up girls at every table and even Yeeyong's sister. I had to tell him that she was married before he stopped.

We shifted the par-tee to the bridal suite. As most of us who stayed were from National Junior College and from the triple C, Chao Club Corner (an association formed by students who frequently skip classes and congregate in a corner of the canteen, eating and playing cards.), we carried out the rituals.

We stripped the groom. And proceeded to find a thick pole so that we can ram his crotch against.

Fortunately for him, it was at the balcony and we had to preserve some respect for the present female company. So, it was down to his undies. Alvin, being the only non-NJC-ian (I still hate that word) was his usual self. An ever-fucken diplomat. He said, "Since it's your wedding night, we let you choose whether you want a tree or a lamp post." He should be a politician. Really. Such a tactful display of democracy.

However, we did not carry out the ramming, as it still is affectionately known. After all, it's the man's wedding night. He might need to use the goods later.

By this time, Weiyuan was roaring drunk and Yeeyong, being the weakest drinker (3 beer man) was still standing strong. I guess, the strip search sobered him up. After I regaled the others with tales of how Weiyuan used to do handstands when he was drunk, he proceeded to do a handstand. And crashed into the table. Of course, he forgot he's now, like, 20 kgs heavier. Still, the handstand was fucken funny. Don't fuck with him. He used to do them handstands and sing a Smiths song all at the same time. I think it's the Smiths song that did the trick.

We all sat outside in the balcony, finishing a bottle of Hennessy and singing. Yeah, singing as if it was a campfire karaoke sing-a-long session, except without the campfire. We were threatened to be kicked outta the hotel for making so much noise twice. So finally, we caved in and left around 2:30am. Partially, it was because we ran outta booze as well.

There were loads of hugging and 'I love you's... and that's just among the guys! Yup, there was loads of love to be spread.

Anyway, it's like a benchmark of all the weddings I'd be attending in the future.

The gross-iest thing I've seen so far this year...


Was at Zouk with Jason Ong aka J.O. after supporting my friends at their gig at Swing. I went to catch Zircon Gov. Pawn Starz. Well, the set wasn't as good as what they did at BarNone about 3 months ago.

But it was still pretty entertaining, though not as what I had seen before. The energy level wasn't really there. I felt the band was pretty restricted by the volume. It wasn't the usual Zouk blaring volume but somewhat softer. Didn't really go with the electroklash they were churning out. Actually, they sounded like they were miming to tapes and that. Though most of their songs are programmed, they opt to remove the rock feel and sound from their previous gig. In the end, the songs suffered, sounding too sterlized and stiff.

Suzanne Walker came out in a bikini top and almost nothing else, gyrating like a nymphomaniac and gettin' jiggy with her tummy. No, that wasn't the gross-iest thing I had seen. In fact, it was pretty cool she did that, great frontwoman.

It was when we left to Great World City. I saw this girl sitting on the road near a metal drain grating outside Zouk. The grating was glistening with fluid. I guess it obviously was puke. Anyway, the girl looked very decent as in the bespectacled type with straight As in class and would never be out after mid-night. In other words, she looked like the class nerd that everyone made fun of. No, that's still not the gross-iest thing I had seen this year.

Like I have mentioned, her friends had gathered around her. They all looked very young, around the age of 19 after their A Levels. They were taking care of her and stuff. While I saw her, I had already noticed that metal drain grating, glistening with her puke. She was playing with the grating, rubbing her fingers over her own puke. When I turned around in her general direction after pasing this bunch of kids, I saw her licking those SAME FUCKEN FINGERS!!!

Jesus Fucken Christ!!!

What the fuck?!?!? I almost wanted to go over and asked, "So how do the chunky bits taste?" But my stomach wasn't up to it.

By the way, I've just watched "Kill Bill" Vol. 2. Not as fun as Vol. 1, more like "Pulp Fiction", more dialogue than action, but of course, not as good.

Thursday, April 22, 2004

This is shite...


I have not much mood to write part 2 of 'I Cry At Weddings'. Well, Weiyuan, being the drama queen almost did.

Anyhow, Aging Youth Productions just lost Soul Entertainment to hold the 7 gigs we had planned and organised. Blame it on miscommunication... unprofessionalism on the liason person's part... whatever. The fact is that we lost the place to hold our gigs.

It sucks to see all our efforts gone down the drain and all the trust and confidence others (the bands) had placed in you gone to naught. Sigh...

I feel like commiting some random acts of mindless violence right now...

But most probably, I'd just grab a beer this Friday night. Call me if any of you guys are interested.

Tuesday, April 20, 2004

What to do this Saturday?


This Saturday will prove to be a busy and hectic day for me...



It's free, so I don't think it will be sold out.



Okay, I dunno who Anita Bath is... She appeared in one of the comments thread below but she said she'd be playing with Quantum Spring. It's either Jac, I think or Alvin after a sex change... Anyway, I'd be there for a while. After all, my Line 6 DL-4 was summoned to service... Rawk on, I say, membersss... Well, I'd be there to support my membersss, Alvin, Agilan and Jac. And of course, Clifton of Genetic Habit, as well lah.

And of course, the Zircon Gov. Pawn Starz' gig at Zouk.

It's gonna be a packed Saturday.

Saturday, April 17, 2004

I cry at weddings... part 1


Just came back to shower after a hectic morning of accompanying my membersss, Yeeyong to pick up his blushing bride, Fiona.

Of course, we were played by all the bridemaids. When I arrived at her place (late, of cuz... the rest were already there), they were finishing a cup of instant noodles stuffed with cheese. We had to don a pair of underwear each with an alphabet printed on it. After being forced by the bridemaids, we proceeded to line up to form a row, spelling "I Love(Heart) Fiona" and started bouncing up and down.

The things I do for my membersss...

Wee Kiat took some photos of the couple and all those 'brothers' who were there, inclusive of Weiyuan, Wen Jieand Tuck Wai. We rushed from the bride's place to Yeeyong's to conduct the tea ceremony where the couple would serve the elders and parents tea as a form of respect. And that was only for the guy's family and relatives.

After an hour there, we went back to Fiona's place again to do the same thing. It was tiring. It was a fucken hot day and all of us perspired like crazy. But at least, the buffet spread was better at her place...

And there's still the wedding banquet tonight... God help us all. Of course, we will crash the bridal chamber and make some people drunk tonight...

To be continued...

Drop The Attitude, Fucker


You gotta love X' Ho's balls. Here's the Zircon Gov. Pawn Starz' debut album, 'Follywood'. They are playing at Zouk on 24th April, 10 pm. I wanna watch them man. Saw them once at Barnone. They were nonetheless highly entertaining and bitchy.



2 songs are posted for download. A cover of the Queers' "Drop The Attitude, Dude (Fucker)" and "Media Whore".

Friday, April 16, 2004

Aging Youth Productions




By the way, I'm part of this label...

Thursday, April 15, 2004

Stag Night


My membersss, Yeeyong is going through his customary wedding rites, the traditional wedding banquet and the whole shebang this weekend. And yours truly has been been commissioned to be part of the "brothers squad", the ones that accompany the groom to pick up the bride. So I expect loads of haggling with women this coming weekend...

We were supposed to have a stag night at some sleazy KTV lounge. However, due to the lack of time as we put in all our best for Aging Youth Productions, I think it has been called off. Crap... I think Weiyuan, the other married man seemed a little hesitant. Fuck, married men have no balls... but then divorce and ailmony are expensive as well. Better stick to your regular outlet rather than sticking it all around and incurring far greater costs in the future...

Ah well, I hope I'd have some photos from the coming weekend to share soon.

Tuesday, April 13, 2004

Thanks...


... to Ed The Tech Guy for introducing a band to us.

Sorry, dude, lost your personal email address and didn't wanna spam your work account.

The Boredphucks


The only band in Singapore who ever got arrested by the cops... well, at least in recent years.

My friend used to score with them back in Melbourne. Anyway, they renamed themselves the Suns and seemed to be doing quite well there. Not too sure if they are studying there or trying out their fortunes there.

Chekkit.

Bar None Monday Sessions




Just came back from the 1st gig of the series. Had the original intention of going there to network with some bands. Ended up not doing it. Watched Steel City Skies play. Now, I'm not a fan but they were pretty on form tonight. Much tighter than previous gigs I saw them performing. Almost wanted to shell out $6 to get their EP but I spent it all on beer. Heh...

Force Vomit came on next. I had not seen these guys play in a while. Singer Dino broke a string into the 1st 4 bars of the 1st song, "Ride The Changi", creating a uproar and kicking off their set with an auspicious start. Seriously. I thought it was friggin' hilarious...

While Dino borrowed another guitar to set up and play, the bassist, Wan started playing British baggy legends Stone Roses' "I Wanna Be Adored" with Esam of Stoned Revivals singing away. Incidentally, Esam is pretty much a permanent fixture in the Force Vomit lineup as well. After the guitar problem was fixed, they started tearing through several of their classics like my fave FV song still, "Spacemen Over Malaysia", "Mona Koh" and their crowdpleaser, "Siti". You gotta give it to them for the sheer panache they have, all the hair swinging with the rock posturings. And they were all visibly drunk.

Ramshackled performance. Out of tune guitars. Totally off timing at times. But it was sure as hell fun and entertaining. They ended the night with a cover of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall (part 2)", accompanied by 2 rappers. It was a pure mess but still entertaining.

I missed Tiramisu's set as I was rushing home. I think I should be going for next week's hip-hop thang as well. Any takers?

Saturday, April 10, 2004

Spiderman 2 trailer


Alrighty kids, 2 years have zoomed by us just like that. I can still vividly remember that it was 2 years ago since I've watched "Spiderman". After I left the show, I was fighting the urge to start swinging from lampposts to lampposts.

Within the last 2 years, I've went for my backpacking trip in Thailand with my membersss, Lolo. My grandfather passed away. I've been sporadically employed and felt that this fucken existence was going nowhere. Currently, I'm still not even gainfully employed. It's still a shitty existence but it's getting better. At least, I've started out something that's taking up the rest of my spare time. Of course, being the natural cock-teaser I am, I shall only reveal the nature of it all in another few days.

Now, the "Spiderman" sequel is upon us again. 2 years are really fast. The "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is over. 2 years are really fast.

Anyway, to avoid sounding like a pensive curmudgeon, here's the full trailer which is attached to "Hellboy". The trailer looks great with intense aerial fights. Kirsten Dunst's ample bosom. The introduction of Dylan Baker as Dr. Curt Conners better known as the Lizard. Kirsten Dunst's ample bosom. A menacing Alfred Molina as Doctor Octopus, my all-time favourite "Spiderman" villian. Kirsten Dunst's ample bosom. Tobey Macguire, an extremely solid actor reprising his most famous role. Kirsten Dunst's ample bosom. What's not to like? I'm keenly anticipating this.

"Hellboy" rocks, by the way though the ending was quite shaky.

I'd be getting tickets for the Singapore Film Festival this coming week. In the event, any of you guys are watching the same films as me, we could meet up between films for some light refreshments, that is coffee and cigarettes.

The Exorcist


Yes, probably the movie condemned by all churches worldwide. But hey, it's funnier when it's acted out by bunnies!

Chekkit.

Amazing...


This is not a sex toy or anything... It's a friggin' PC case!!!




Uh uh uh...


I was never really a fan of hip-hop that much. That was until my membersss, Billy told me that he just downloaded Jay-Z's "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" and strongly recommended to try it out. I did. And I became a fan. Not that much of the entire hip hop genre. There are quite a number of duds out there, especially the Taiwanese shite that is dumping outta the TV and airwaves.

No, while I respect Jay Chou's prolific songwriting, he can't rap for shit. His rhythm is quite boring, well except for 2 songs I recall. The production was strong and the lyrics were pretty funny. I heard Hong Kong's LMF's "Bruce Lee" in Roy's car that day. I was swept away though I understand only a pittance of Cantonese. It had fucken great production and insanely catchy hooks. A true hallmark of a great pop song which inherently what most hip-hop songs are about.

Now seriously, when was the last time you heard a 5 minute guitar solo in a hip-hop song? Yeah, I thought so too.

Yeah, before I start on Jay-Z again, I must declare this. The world's greatest rapper alive is Chuck D from Public Enemy. Nobody touches him. Just check out their song, "Black Steel". Fucken amazing.

Anyway, there was this huge debacle about producer DJ Danger Mouse mixing Jay-Z's "Black Album" with the Beatles' "White Album", calling it, well, the "Gray Album". I've downloaded the entire "Gray Album" and I can only say one thing. You'd never hear the Beatles in the same light again. The "Gray Album" was mixed from Jay-Z's accappella version of his "Black Album", spliced with samples taken only from the Beatles' "White Album".

Now, DJ Cheap Cologne did his own version which has been floating around on the Internet for a while. Called the "Double Black Album". Jay-Z spliced with Metallica's "1991 "Black Album". Unfortunately, you can only get a preview of it off this site. It will make Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit cry and throw in the towel. It will remind you why Rage Against The Machine was that good.

If anyone get the full album, tell me about it. Thanks in advance!

P.S.: Of course, there's "Purple Album" and some other weird colours but one album at a time, eh?

Choose your own god


Gotten this link from my membersss, George.

The Philosophical Magazine. Chekkit.

Wednesday, April 07, 2004

Hellboy


I wanna watch Hellboy this weekend. And I don't take no for an answer. Who is interested?

Sorry, Melvin, watched the Passion of the Christ liao. Called you but you didn't pick up the phone.

The Japanese are crazy I tell you!!!!


Here's a wma of a Japanese dude shredding out the Super Mario Brothers theme song!!! Insane mofo!!! Chekkit!!!

Thanks to Sujin for the tip-off.

Tuesday, April 06, 2004

Franz Ferdinand


Franz Ferdinand, this year's Interpol, according to my man, Keith. Still haven't heard the Walkmen dude...

Anyways, back to Franz Ferdinand. I've only downloaded "Take Me Out". It's a nice slab of pseudo-disco-rock. Eh, Keith, I think they sound closer to the Rapture sans the screeching vocals and stabbing guitars. But "Take Me Out" sounds funny and better on repeats.

Time to fire up that file-sharing software!!!

Monday, April 05, 2004

Radiohead strikes again...


... couldn't think of a better title...

Anyway, the new EP...



Thanks to my membersss, Sujin for the heads up. By the way, buy the Australian version as I've read that the Japanese version has some problems. Chekkit.

Big headache...


Aging Youth Productions is organising some upcoming events. We are doing a series of gigs under the name "Symposium" which would be split into 4 different theme nights. Unfortunately, we have some problems for the "Nebula" night which would be showcasing bands which play shoegazer music, dream pop, noise pop, sonic soundscapes, the other type of music my mum screams to me to turn the godamn music down.

We dun really have any idea who to call, except for the usual suspects which we are awaiting their answers. In case, if you know of any good shoegazing bands to recommend me, please drop me a note. That'd most likely mean you, Ed the Tech Guy.

Sunday, April 04, 2004

Dickcream


You may be one of those who need it...

Ever wondered what happened to Seinfeld?


Looks like he's been hanging around with Superman for quite some time. Chekkit.

Chernobyl


An Ukrainian biker chick rides deep into the Chernobyl area where the nuclear core exploded. She went in without any protective gear and took a lotta photos. They are all posted on her site with some comments.

I personally thought it was deeply touching and scary to see the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust, its victims (unoffical number stated that more than 400,000 died?) and its effects on the residents near the nuclear plant. Have a look. It's pretty scary in a way.

Saturday, April 03, 2004

Neil Gaiman's blog


Chekkit...

The things some people do...


Read this article from Post-Gazette:

State police have charged a 15-year-old Latrobe girl with child pornography for taking photos of herself and posting them on the Internet.

Police said the girl, whose identity they withheld, photographed herself in various states of undress and performing a variety of sexual acts. She then sent the photos to people she met in chat rooms.

A police report did not say how police learned about the girl. They found dozens of pictures of her on her computer.

She has been charged with sexual abuse of children, possession of child pornography and dissemination of child pornography.

Police said they are trying to identify all the people who receive photos from the girl.


She's in the slammer for abusing herself?!

My new look...




I love my job...

My own butler...



My new nemesis...



My new chick...



My new best friend...



Friday, April 02, 2004

My new ride...



Thursday, April 01, 2004

H.A.I.R. of the Month


Yes, it's that time of that month again. (Note that there'd be no insensitive wise-cracks about menstruation here. No sirree... not on this blog)

Where we unveil (hurhur...) the H.A.I.R. of May. At first, I wanted to put Linda Cardellini as this month's H.A.I.R. but I couldn't find a photo of her sticking her fine ass out. Thus, Plan B had to be kicked into place. Voila, Kelly Hu!!! A great choice but of course. Great organic body oil too...

By the way, when I was searching for Linda Cardellini's photos, I came across this site, BonkableBeauties.com. Nice. I haven't looked through the entire site. But guess whose photo is the Photo of the day? I couldn't agree more...

Finally updated!!!


Whew.... finally, we've gotten our asses about doing it. The Spread The Love site is finally updated with more photos from the gig and some live mp3s.

Thanks for not really waiting...

P.S.: There's a picture of me smiling coyly at the camera. I swear I look so fucken gay in that shot...

Issit me or...


... Google has updated their interface and overall look?

Hmmmm....